US Patent Application 17824183. OPTICAL BIOSENSOR DEVICE WITH OPTICAL SIGNAL ENHANCEMENT STRUCTURE simplified abstract

OPTICAL BIOSENSOR DEVICE WITH OPTICAL SIGNAL ENHANCEMENT STRUCTURE

Organization Name

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.==Inventor(s)==

[[Category:Yi-Hsien Chang of Zhubei City (TW)]]

[[Category:Shih-Fen Huang of Jhubei (TW)]]

[[Category:Chun-Ren Cheng of Hsin-Chu City (TW)]]

[[Category:Fu-Chun Huang of Zhubei City (TW)]]

[[Category:Ching-Hui Lin of Taichung City (TW)]]

OPTICAL BIOSENSOR DEVICE WITH OPTICAL SIGNAL ENHANCEMENT STRUCTURE - A simplified explanation of the abstract

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 17824183 titled 'OPTICAL BIOSENSOR DEVICE WITH OPTICAL SIGNAL ENHANCEMENT STRUCTURE

Simplified Explanation

The patent application describes an integrated chip that includes various components for enhancing optical signals in a semiconductor device.

• The integrated chip includes a semiconductor layer and a photodetector, which detects light, positioned along the semiconductor layer.
• A color filter is placed over the photodetector to filter out specific colors of light.
• A micro-lens is positioned over the color filter to focus the light onto the photodetector.
• The chip also includes a dielectric structure with one or more dielectric layers, which helps to improve the performance of the device.
• A receptor layer is placed over the dielectric structure to receive the light.
• An optical signal enhancement structure is located between the receptor layer and the micro-lens, which further enhances the optical signals.

Original Abstract Submitted

The present disclosure relates to an integrated chip including a semiconductor layer and a photodetector disposed along the semiconductor layer. A color filter is over the photodetector. A micro-lens is over the color filter. A dielectric structure comprising one or more dielectric layers is over the micro-lens. A receptor layer is over the dielectric structure. An optical signal enhancement structure is disposed along the dielectric structure and between the receptor layer and the micro-lens.